§ Mr. IngramTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 12 March,Official Report, column 526–28; how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each grade, including unified grades, in each year in the regional offices from their inception. [29831]
Mr. John M. Taylor[holding answer 20 May 1996]: The data requested are not available from the inception of regional offices. Records are available for the period since 1985 and are shown in the table, with the position as at 1 January in each year. Integrated Government offices were created out of regional offices on 1 April 1994. The figures for 1995 and 1996 reflect the number of relevant DTI officials in the integrated Government offices.
Data on the specialisms held by staff in the unified grades are not maintained historically, but the current position is shown in the table.
maintained historically. The current number of officers in the headquarters divisions of the Department with a science or engineering discipline is 117 at grade 7 level, 23 at grade 6 level and 17 in the senior civil service.
§ Mr. IngramTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 12 March,Official Report, columns 526–28, how many professional scientists and engineers of each category were employed at each 275W grade, including unified grades, in each of his Department's agencies in each year since 1991. [29833]
Mr. Taylor[holding answer 20 May 1996]: The table shows data for all agencies since 1991 with the position as at 1 January in each year for which relevant information is available. The environmental work of the Warren Spring Laboratory executive agency were merged with that of the Atomic Energy Authority in April 1994; the National Physical Laboratory became a contractually operated agency in October 1995; the National Engineering
Science group Professional and technical group Assistant scientific officer Scientific officer Higher scientific officer Higher scientific officer (development) Senior scientific officer Professional and technology officer Higher professional and technology officer Senior professional and technology officer Companies House 1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Insolvency Service 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1993 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1994 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1995 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Laboratory of the Government Chemist 1991 66 63 63 0 33 5 2 6 1992 64 61 67 1 41 5 3 6 1993 49 60 69 1 38 2 4 3 1994 43 63 68 0 40 3 4 4 1995 32 60 64 0 35 3 3 4 1996 28 60 54 0 34 3 3 3 National Engineering Laboratory 1991 14 21 67 0 50 17 6 4 1992 11 22 59 0 55 16 10 4 1993 9 23 57 0 54 16 10 3 1994 9 23 53 0 49 14 11 2 1995 5 21 37 0 34 12 8 2 276W
Year Professional and technical group Assistant scientific officer Scientific officer Higher scientific officer Higher scientific officer (development) Senior scientific officer Professional and technology officer Higher professional and technology officer Senior professional and technology officer National Physical Laboratory 1991 57 87 133 0 111 7 8 14 1992 44 96 137 0 113 7 8 14 1993 33 86 144 1 111 7 8 15 1994 26 73 150 1 108 5 8 17 1995 32 71 161 1 100 5 6 17 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 1991 0 2 0 0 1 4 9 7 1992 0 2 0 0 0 5 9 9 1993 0 1 0 0 0 6 10 8 1994 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 7 1995 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 7 1996 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 7 Laboratory executive agency was privatised on 1 November 1995; and the Laboratory of the Government Chemist executive agency was sold on 1 April 1996.
Historical data on the specialisms held by staff in the unified grades are not maintained, but of the Department's agencies, the National Weights and Measures Laboratory currently has two grade 7s and one in the senior civil service with a science or engineering disciple and the Radiocommunications Agency has 19 at grade 7 level, six at grade 6 and two in the senior civil service. 277W
Year Professional and technical group Assistant scientific officer Scientific officer Higher scientific officer Higher scientific officer (development) Senior scientific officer Professional and technology officer Higher professional and technology officer Senior professional and technology officer Patent Office 1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Radiocommunications Agency 1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 17 1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 20 1993 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 27 1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 26 1995 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 1996 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 25 Warren Springs Laboratory 1991 24 30 63 0 45 2 2 0 1992 27 34 59 0 51 2 2 0 1993 23 25 52 1 48 1 2 0 1994 16 22 48 0 44 1 1 0